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tjj wrote: common era wrote: Not sure if it helps or not, but the book "Stonehenge: Celebration and Subversion" by Andy Worthington is a fabulous resource for research on Stonehenge and the celebrations and gatherings that have happened there throughout history. Had to laugh at the part that talks about the battles at Stonehenge during the 50's when Trad Jazzers fought with those who were into new jazz. Lots of great research and stories in the book. Discovered it during my research for my MA. ISBN: 1 872883 76 1 Rosemary Hill makes reference to the 1950's in her book Stonehenge: in the chapter "Archaeology, Astronomy and the Age of Aquarius" - the activities of the Druids during the war years and 1950's are documented. In the late 1950's an atmosphere of anti-establishment protest started to grow as did the numbers, including students, attending solstice celebrations at Stonehenge "Thousands of people were coming to the solstice and there had indeed been a certain amount of trouble, much harped on by the newspapers. It was due partly to students and largely to drunken soldiers from the army base who harassed the morris dancers and laughed at the Druids. It was not their fault but, as the Chief Constable of Wiltshire put it, 'so long as there were Druids about, there would be a substantial body of weirdies making a thundering nuisance of themselves' " Ref: Stonehenge by Rosemary Hill ISBN 978-1-86197-865-3 Thanks a lot everyone. This is really helpful. Reply | with quote | Posted by SRStrickson 24th June 2013ce 06:30 In reply to: Re: Old Stonehenge Event - help needed (tjj) |
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